X-Factor Fitness Solutions Blog Archive for the ‘Fitness’ Category

The Importance of Your Worksite Wellness Team

By Carol Nave on August 29th, 2011

  Committees are key for successful wellness programs. If you want to build an evidenced-based wellness program for your business, you must take the time to build a strong wellness team.  It might be easier to rely on a wellness vendor or an online platform to deliver wellness information to your employees.  But there is [...]

Back to School: Preparing Fun and Healthy Lunches

By Kinsey Cave on August 25th, 2011

School has now officially begun in the Houston area. With the return of school comes the long list of items that your child needs in order to succeed in the classroom including: books, pencils, back packs, and so on. With the endless laundry-list of items to take care of for back-to-school shopping, one of the [...]

MyPyramid vs. MyPlate: What’s the difference?

By X Factor Fitness Solutions Team on August 4th, 2011

You may be familiar with the online resource MyPyramid.gov, which offers information about the different food groups and the dietary guidelines. Recently, the dietary guidelines have changed, and as a result, so has MyPyramid.gov. The website formerly known as MyPyramid is now known as MyPlate, and with the change came a new look. While the [...]

Competition makes the heart grow fonder

By Michael on August 1st, 2011

 So why are you exercising in the first place?  And the goals you are working towards achieving are they your own?  Most of my articles I write are inspired by my clients and this one is no different.  Well maybe a couple of my own demons are in there as well too.  A client approached [...]

If You Think You Are, You Are

By Michael on July 26th, 2011

I must really love my job.  I mean to get up around 5 most mornings to motivate others when you would love to still be asleep isn’t easy.  And missing dinner with your family five nights a week is no picnic either.   So why bother?  It is clients like Lisa, which you will read about [...]